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Sancterila
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Sancterila

Sancterila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

It contains three subgenera: Sancterila, Celarchus, and Armentulus. Celarchus was originally described as a distinct genus, of which Armentulus was a subgenus.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sancterila archagathos

speciesSancterila archagathos

Sancterila hermarchus

speciesSancterila hermarchus

Sancterila deliciosa

speciesSancterila deliciosa

Sancterila prattorum

speciesSancterila prattorum

Sancterila shelfordii

speciesSancterila shelfordii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1008526.